Chapter 172: Chapter 91: Yin Godi

The Bodhisattva Starlight from the Sainthood Attainment Enlightenment Array Formation gradually dissipated, and Gong Buyu awoke from the dreamlike scene she had been in.

The white-robed banished immortal under the Starlight Bodhi Tree had vanished, the entire scene making Gong Buyu feel as though she had experienced an illusion.

But the world around her, which was no longer desolate and silent, reminded Gong Buyu that everything she had experienced was real.

The Sainthood Attainment Enlightenment Array Formation had awakened her spiritual intelligence, allowing her to clearly sense the world. An unusual life force slowly revived within her.

For Gong Buyu, this is the real path to immortality, a foundation that’s sufficient to support her journey further down the cultivation path.

In Gong Buyu’s eyes, this was undoubtedly a true immortal technique.

Even her father, Gong Buhuo, had failed to notice the defect in her spiritual intelligence and had not used such a method to awaken her spiritual intelligence.

The Bodhi Tree that connected heaven and earth, adorned with stars, made Gong Buyu feel as if she saw a glimpse of the Buddha’s enlightenment in the legends.

“No wonder Master was peerless among his generation thousands of years ago.”

“Even in the era of Spirit Energy depletion, nothing could stop Master’s progress.”

Gong Buyu turned her gaze, trying to find her Master’s figure. But the courtyard under the night sky was quiet, and her Master had left long ago.

In the Courtyard Secret Realm, the starless sky was lit only by the starlight created by the nodes of the Sainthood Attainment Enlightenment Array Formation, imbuing the courtyard with a tranquil feel.

Gong Buyu felt a sense of loss, just as a fluffy figure rubbed against her calf.

Her thin gauze dress did little to shield her from the warmth of the contact. Gong Buyu subconsciously looked down to see the black and white kitten, which had opened the door for her earlier, rubbing its warm little body against her leg.

The strange-colored pupils of the kitten seemed to be comforting her.

When Gong Buyu had first encountered the kitten, she had guessed that it was a Spirit Beast kept by Shen Yuan. Despite her respect for the kitten, she had no other emotions towards it.

Her dulled senses from spiritual intelligence depletion had left her insensitive to everything, and no matter how cute the kitten was, it couldn’t stir any emotions within her.

However, after Shen Yuan awakened her spiritual intelligence, Gong Buyu was deeply attracted to the kitten’s cute appearance and gentle actions the next time they interacted.

With her normally cold voice now full of emotions, Gong Buyu curiously asked: “What is your name?”

Gong Buyu assumed that Bai Xue would respond verbally, as speech is considered a basic ability of Spirit Beasts. Apart from certain brute beasts that lacked inherited wisdom but possessed enormous bodies, almost all Spirit Beasts could speak human language.

However, Bai Xue just scratched her head with her paw, then scrawled two characters onto the ground of the courtyard with her claw.

“Bai Xue.”

Gong Buyu repeated each word softly, her clear eyes flickering with a soft glow.

“It’s a nice name.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Xue immediately raised her little head proudly, as if acknowledging the compliment.

Even though she initially despised the name given by Shen Yuan, Bai Xue had gradually grown to like her name after some time.

Gong Buyu curiously asked Bai Xue:

“Why don’t you speak? Have you not refined your throat bone yet?”

Bai Xue frowned upon hearing this.

There were many reasons why she didn’t speak. At first, she played dumb to avoid being forcefully bound by a Spirit Beast pact by the big demon king.

After discovering that the big demon king wasn’t as bad as she thought, Bai Xue decided to act like a normal kitten to live a comfortable existence.

Seeing Gong Buyu’s question, Bai Xue felt underestimated.

“Meow-”

Just as Bai Xue was about to retort in cat language, Gong Buyu took out a Spirit Fruit from her Storage Ring the very next moment.

The Spirit Fruit was vermilion in color, and a refreshing aroma wafted from it. Bai Xue, with her inherited knowledge, recognized it as a Class 3 spirit object, Vermilion Fruit, at first glance.

“Once you eat it, you’ll be able to refine your throat bone for sure.”

Gong Buyu placed the Vermilion Fruit into Bai Xue’s paw, watching her with a serious expression.

Smelling the Vermilion Fruit in her paw, Bai Xue involuntarily gulped down her saliva. Her original intent to retort in cat language instantly slipped down her throat.

Living in the Courtyard Secret Realm with the Natural Spirit Pool, Bai Xue did not lack Spirit Energy, and the Spirit Energy and life force that Vermilion Fruit could provide were of no help to her.

“But, the Vermilion Fruit is delicious!”

Bai Xue’s eyes gleamed as she looked at the fruit in her arms. She bit into it with delight, happily munching away.

While the kitten was eating, Gong Buyu raised her head to take a look at the entire courtyard.

It was only now that she had the heart to truly take in this “small grotto heaven” world in her eyes.

The entire courtyard was orderly, but Gong Buyu’s first impression was one of claustrophobia. The vast expanse of heaven and earth had been reduced to this small courtyard, making her, who was used to the grotto heavens sacred ground, feel a sense of unease she couldn’t describe.

However, upon a closer observation, Gong Buyu noticed something genuine about this seemingly small courtyard, hinting at a return to simplicity and authenticity.

The gently swaying branches and leaves of the jujube tree, the lush vines between the wooden corridors, and the a few low-level spirit grass planted on the cleared land in the comer did not seem the dwelling of an Earth Immortal in the mortal world at all.

However, when she looked towards the Spirit Pool, the rich Spirit Energy from the Natural Spirit Pool erupted. An exotic True Dragon, with a dragon’s beard, lazily lounged in the pool, feigning the appearance of a dead fish flipping its belly, and the precious Four Waterways Dragon Seal was placed in the pool as if it were as common as a landscaping rock.

The sky, although seemingly small, was governed by the changing rules of day and night. The Great Sun illuminated the world, and although there was no moon when the night fell, there still existed a massive Bodhi Tree that cloaked the starry sky.

Everything ordinary and extraordinary had achieved a clever unity here.

Gong Buyu didn’t believe that her mentor, an Earth Immortal, only had such seclusive property. In her view, Shen Yuan’s arrangement of this little grotto heaven was more spontaneous.

“Worthy of being Master, his state of mind is not something ordinary people like me can comprehend.”

Gong Buyu muttered to herself with emotion.

Finally, Bai Xue had finished eating the Vermilion Fruit and was skillfully licking the juice off its paws.

Gong Buyu gazed curiously at Bai Xue and asked softly:

“Can you talk now?”

Bai Xue tilted her head and mewled softly, trying to explain to Gong Buyu in cat language that it couldn’t speak.

Seeing this, Gong Buyu took out another orange spirit fruit.

Bai Xue paused for a moment, looking at the spirit fruit that was shoved into her arms and plunged into deep thought.

Shortly after triggering Gong Buyu’s spiritual awakening, Shen Yuan returned to his cultivation room with the gifts she had brought him as a disciple.

Seeing the words “Side task completed, reward has been issued” displayed on the system’s prompt interface, Shen Yuan was slightly speechless.

“If all the rewards for these side missions are provided by others, then what’s the use of you, the system?”

Despite the casual complaint, Shen Yuan didn’t pay much attention to these minor details. The most important thing for him at the moment was to heal his Primordial Spirit as soon as possible.

Shen Yuan’s Primordial Spirit had been damaged for quite some time, even to some extent, it had affected his cultivation progress.

Taking out a jade box containing Divine Yuan Lingzhi from his Storage Ring, Shen Yuan noticed that this jade box was made from Class 3 spirit material called Qingling Jade, which was a pretty valuable treasure.

Opening the jade box, Shen Yuan immediately felt a refreshing fragrance spreading gently from the box. This substantial fragrance followed Shen Yuan’s breath and integrated into his Spiritual Platform, making his Spiritual Platform exceptionally clear.

If it wasn’t for Shen Yuan enclosing this cultivation room with space, this fragrance alone would have enough to spread for several miles.

Looking inside the jade box, the Divine Yuan Lingzhi was only the size of a palm, and its entire body was golden red, with patterns resembling a sitting deity.

This was the Class 6 divine treasure, the Divine Yuan Lingzhi, which in terms of cultivation realm, was equivalent to a treasure only a Returning Void Great True Human would be qualified to receive.

However, in reality, the Divine Yuan Lingzhi was extraordinarily valuable, and even a Returning Void Great True Human might not be able to use it.

The most valuable use of Divine Yuan Lingzhi was to refine Yang God Pills. A single pill could allow a Divinity Transformation Realm Great Cultivator to transform from Yin God to Yang God, advancing to the Yang Shen Realm.

But Shen Yuan didn’t possess the recipe or other main ingredients. Rather than keeping it, it was better to use it early to restore the damage to his makeshift Primordial Spirit.

Thinking so, Shen Yuan controlled the makeshift Primordial Spirit in his Spiritual Platform to slowly detach from his body, as it sat on top of the Divine Yuan Lingzhi.

As his Divine Sense flowed, Shen Yuan could clearly feel the warm power of the Primordial Spirit from the Divine Yuan Lingzhi surging rapidly into his makeshift Primordial Spirit.

The injuries on the makeshift Primordial Spirit caused by the Great Sun’s True Flames were quickly healing, and the fuzzy human-shaped illusion was gradually becoming clear.

Correspondingly, the fragrance from the Divine Yuan Lingzhi began to dissipate, and the humanoid patterns resembling the deity on it were also gradually fading away.

The massive influx of Primordial Spirit power gradually exceeded Shen Yuan’s control. He kept controlling his Divine Sense to refine it. The fuzzy human-shaped illusion began to show clear appearance, down to each hair strand clearly visible.

Finally, as the vague face showed a face identical to Shen Yuan, an aura far surpassing the Qi Transformation Stage emerged from in front of Shen Yuan.

That makeshift Primordial Spirit, dependencies on external forces, had finally transformed into a real Primordial Spirit.

The Primordial Spirit that had been initially accomplished could leave the body and travel through the sky and earth, with the only limitation being its inability to be touched by the sunlight, hence it was also known as the Yin God.

Only after undergoing the baptism of the Great Sun, purifying all the Yin Qi in the Primordial Spirit, could one step into the second realm of the Primordial Spirit and achieve the Yang God.

The last trace of Primordial Spirit power in the Divine Yuan Lingzhi was also completely consumed, and the Lingzhi, which had lost its spirit essence, turned into a stubborn stone.

Shen Yuan controlled the detached Yin God, and felt that the whole world could no longer restrain him after he was freed from the physical body. However, Shen Yuan was very clear that it was just an illusion. The newly promoted Yin God could only leave the body for a short time.

If it left the body for too long and didn’t return, it would directly transform into a phantom, which would then require the cultivation of the Ghost Path.

Controlling the Yin God to return to his body, the Yin God sat in the Spiritual Platform. Shen Yuan subconsciously absorbed and operated the “Purple Clouds Elemental Qi Refinement Method”.

Just at this moment, the elusive Elemental Qi that Shen Yuan had previously struggled to capture was attracted by the return of the Yin God and began to actively converge towards Shen Yuan’s body.

Introducing Elemental Qi into the body and stepping into Qi Training Stage seemed to be just a matter of a single thought..